| grape mole | <gynaecology, oncology, tumour> A relatively rare mass or tumour that can form within the uterus at the beginning of a pregnancy. The cause of hydatidiform mole is unknown. Symptoms include vaginal bleeding, uterine growth, nausea and vomiting. Some hydatidiform moles may become malignant (cancerous) where they are referred to as a choriocarcinoma. Incidence: 1 in 1,500 births. (02 Jan 1998) |
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| grape sugar | See: d-glucose. Invert sugar, a mixture of equal parts of d-glucose and d-fructose produced by hydrolysis of sucrose (inversion). (05 Mar 2000) |
| grapeskin cyst | <radiology> Thin-walled pulmonary cavity, no fluid, most likely to be Coccidioides, ** cavitary lung disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| grapestone | A seed of the grape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| grapevine | <botany> A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes. The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the V. Vulpina. The Frost grape is V. Cordifolia, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graph | 1. A line or tracing denoting varying values of commodities, temperatures, urinary output, etc.; more generally, any geometric or pictorial representation of measurements that might otherwise be expressed in tabular form. 2. Visual display of the relationship between two variables, in which the values of one are plotted on the horizontal axis, the values of the other on the vertical axis; three-dimensional graphs that show relationships between three variables can be depicted and comprehended visually in two dimensions. 3. <suffix> Something written, as in monograph, radiograph. The instrument for making a recording, as in kymograph, also, a writer; as autograph, crystograph, telegraph, photograph. Origin: Gr. Grafein, to write (20 Jun 2000) |
| graphanesthesia | <clinical sign, neurology> Tactual inability to recognise figures or letters written on the skin; may be due to spinal cord or brain disease. Origin: G. Graphe, writing + anaisthesia, fr. An-priv. + aisthesis, perception (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphesthesia | <clinical sign, neurology> Tactual ability to recognise writing on the skin. Origin: G. Graphe, writing, + aisthesis, perception (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphic | 1. Of or pertaining to the arts of painting, drawing or writing. 2. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described. 3. Having the faculty of, or characterised by, clear and impressive description; vivid; as, a gruphic writer. Graphic algebra, a branch of algebra in which, the properties of equations are treated by the use of curves and straight lines. Graphic arts, a name given to those fine arts which pertain to the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as distinguished from music, etc, and also from sculpture. Origin: L. Graphicus, Gr, fr. To write; cf. F. Graphique. See Graft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphic aphasia | <neurology> Loss of ability to write (a form of aphasia). Symptom common to tumours of the parietal lobe of the dominant cerebral hemisphere. (16 Dec 1997) |
| graphic formula | A formula in which the connections of the atoms and groups of atoms, as well as their kind and number, are indicated. Synonym: constitutional formula, graphic formula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphical | 1. Of or pertaining to the arts of painting, drawing or writing. 2. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described. 3. Having the faculty of, or characterised by, clear and impressive description; vivid; as, a gruphic writer. Graphic algebra, a branch of algebra in which, the properties of equations are treated by the use of curves and straight lines. Graphic arts, a name given to those fine arts which pertain to the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as distinguished from music, etc, and also from sculpture. Origin: L. Graphicus, Gr, fr. To write; cf. F. Graphique. See Graft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphically | In a graphic manner; vividly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphicalness | The quality or state of being graphic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphicness | The quality or state of being graphic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |